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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Yaguchi is learning composition work from Ooba-sensei, which is one way to rise above the ranks and make your work stand out above the rest. Drawing replicas isn't just aout the art of copying, but knowing WHY and HOW you can make it better. But competition is stiff, and this oil painting Summer class is not for the unprepared. To see everyone else doing abstract art, Yaguchi must've thought that what he's doing with his canvas does not fit. To have a fellow mate like Kuwana give him tips to do art, that at least signifies a direction for Yaguchi. To aim a high place, Yaguchi is doing great, and Kuwana's to be expected...to fail? The 1st place is not for the faint-hearted, and this famous "curse" is a rumour that needs to be beaten. While Sekai and Hashida didn't fare as well, it's "exam art" that gets chosen to the school of choice, NOT art that'd measure up to levels of the actual schools. It's just an exam prep, but the importance is how you see it as a starting point, and unfortunately for Sekai, he didn't take that well and quit cram school. To get a better idea, Saeki-sensei recommends Yaguchi to Geidai to see just how the school is like, and he drags his clique along, even for a cultural festival. But it's just like old habits to get drunk from coffee and forget all about art. A chance encounter with Yotasuke's mom to bring him around Geidai to see all the different art pieces, and nothing stands out for the former. But Yaguchi sees otherwise, and to him, it looked like Sekai just gave up altogether. Just draw your own art, Yaguchi. If Geidai is where you wanna go, then prove it with your heart, have faith in it. Don't draw "exam art". "Trial and error...Trial and error...Trial and Error!" - Mayu Ooba |
KANLen09Oct 16, 2021 12:50 PM
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| Looks like it's not all about imitation when you're copying someone's art and trying to replicate it. Yaguchi has to learn that as well right now even he's going for a certain style. Yotasuke is quite frustrated with the kind of art he's seeing at the cram school and for someone like him, I can see what's the problem there. Seeing that made Yaguchi even more confused about what to even believe in. At least, he got a few suggestions from Kuwana, so that's nice. Things are getting quite complicated in this show and Yaguchi needs to sort these confusions out himself. But, I can't blame him since it's his first time with art. He's still asking too many questions about himself for what's right or wrong, what should he do?. This is such a relatable situation for many of us as well. I feel so bad for Yaguchi. |
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| Yaguchi's path to find his own style of art is starting at this point. Using art and replicating it won't work anymore. Well, with the help of Ooba-sensei, it will be done in no time. Well, the competition is something that they should work on with all their might. Otherwise, their doomed to fail. Yaguchi's is pretty lucky to be in the same group as Kuwana. With some tips from her, he managed to do pretty good. He even ranked higher than he expected and Kuwana placed first. Which is a curse. Yotasuke can't take it anymore. Understandable, his pretty much above everyone else and making this ''stupid exams pieces'' is quite frustating for him. Sometimes, you just have to go out and forget everything. Otherwise, you'll end up in a cycle of depression. Already at chapter 8 of the manga. This is a failed adaptation in my book. Just trying to enjoy it in some way..  |
SideCharacterKalOct 15, 2021 3:36 PM
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| I saw the painting "The Desperate Man" by Gustave Courbet and the painting "The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer" by Vincent van Gogh, so happy to see their paintings in anime. Yeah, each painter has their own characteristics, the atmosphere in the class was kinda heavy. Alao Yatora could get drunk from drinking coffee, lmao. |
KaisekiOct 16, 2021 5:01 AM
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| very very good !! ....... |
| ‘I’ll kill everyone with my art!’ Love Yatora’s passion towards art and his development in skill has been great! Looking forward to the next episode! |
| AISHITERU...REM! |
| an excellent episode that showed the characters feelings and concerns without being cloying |
| Aww, Yatora cried. Yatora is doing everything he can to improve, to be a better artist. What Yotasuke said to Yatora is really awful. If you don't have something good to say, just keep it to yourself. Welp, that fuels Yatora's desire to be even better at arts. Good thing there are people like Ooba-san who truly understand. Go, Yatora! Kill them with your art!  |
| Interesting episode. Not sure what exactly was the deal with Yotasuke's sudden rudeness but since I only care about Yaguchi here, I'm glad he used Yotasuke's offense towards him as a way of self-encouragement. |
| Great art anime and great episode. Would be even greater if it had more episodes. Good inspiration for art-driven people like me. |
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| The art he ended up making was cool but to me there was a lot of unnecessary emotion like bro stop crying |
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| Yaguchi is on the right track. Instead of trying too much that would result in something half-baked, stick to your strenghts and utilize them. Just be yourself and express your emotions. It's so simple. This was another nice episode, getting more invested each week. SouthRzVa said: Interesting episode. Not sure what exactly was the deal with Yotasuke's sudden rudeness but since I only care about Yaguchi here, I'm glad he used Yotasuke's offense towards him as a way of self-encouragement. He said that Yaguchi already got everything (was primarily referring to friends I guess) and that there's no need for him to choose art. I would intetpret it as art being the only thing Yotasuke got to make himself feel better. It's the pillar of his self-esteem, yet he still doesn't have friends/ wasn't able to make friends. He wouldn't be able to handle it if Yaguchi exceeds at this one thing that's everything to him. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Damn as Anime only that crying painting scene was beautiful... Are Manga Reader Satisfying as well? |
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MoustacheDino said: davidyodo24 said: Damn as Anime only that crying painting scene was beautiful... Are Manga Reader Satisfying as well? Lmaoo do rlly think anything can even remotely come close to satisfying manga fans. They are feared for a reason Damn what am i thinking, of course Manga Reader will always complain. Silly me to asking that. |
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| This story has a lot of valuable art advice. The anime's director should probably listen to them! I am annoyed that they cut out the extremely valuable advice on composition. Was it to hide the fact that the anime is horrendous at it? I like how Yaguchi realises that artists are not just randomly making stuff. Every colour and location of objects need to be properly thought out. Kuwana and Yaguchi find themselves among intimidating artists. I have felt that way too around other artists. But, in my experience, I later realised how funny it actually was because those artists were not thinking about me at all. I still can't figure out why someone would cut up a stretched canvas. I wonder what kind of advantage that would give. Yotasuke hates the idea of drawing for exams. I relate to that a lot. When Yotasuke saw Yaguchi had friends, he was immediately jealous. It must have seemed like he was made to realise his own loneliness. You can't tell in this anime, but in the manga, it was so nice seeing Yaguchi go to the University with his friends. In most stories, the protagonists have to give up their old friends when they do what they like. But, Yaguchi's friends stay with him all the time. Yotasuke looks like he's always on his guard. Art is everything to him. His only friend. The only thing he can trust. The only thing that belongs to him. But, for Yaguchi, who has many people around him, art is freedom and self expression. So, their friendship is my favourite relationship in this story. And the way they help each other grow. Yotasuke is my favourite character. (He's kind of like Nico di Angelo.) |
Can I thank you for putting this picture? I just love this picture so much! The way the anime adapts this feels like it's missing something that I can't name. |
FuMomo-kun said: Can I thank you for putting this picture? I just love this picture so much! The way the anime adapts this feels like it's missing something that I can't name. Yes, you can. I perfectly know how you feel and that's why I put the manga panel in my comment. It just lacks the same feeling that the manga gives off. It is what it is, we can't change anything. Just gotta bear with it. |
| “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Damn I thought Yaguchi straight up ditched his friends lolol. Pretty emotion episode ngl probably my favorite so far |
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SideCharacterKal said: FuMomo-kun said: Can I thank you for putting this picture? I just love this picture so much! The way the anime adapts this feels like it's missing something that I can't name. Yes, you can. I perfectly know how you feel and that's why I put the manga panel in my comment. It just lacks the same feeling that the manga gives off. It is what it is, we can't change anything. Just gotta bear with it. I am kind of sad that the adaptation that we finally got was not a very good one. And, this will probably never get a better adaptation now. (´。＿。｀) |
| If only this anime or rather, the studio behind it, had an ounce of self-awareness... |
| I think this episode was enough to keep me around for the next one but we’ll see how I’m feeling in a week. Not much I can say that I haven’t before. This adaptation is not good and the anime lacks much of an impact because of it. Yaguchi crying while making his latest painting was a good moment, but that again goes back to source material being good. However long the writing can carry this will be how long I continue watching. |
| The feels in this episode D: |
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| I love this fang boy MC!!! Can't get enough of this anime atm x) |
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| Anime continues to be very mediocre. It’s not getting worse, but it’s not getting any better either. It’s just rushing through the source material, while not doing anything to elevate the source material visually. It’s very “paint by the numbers” (heh art pun), which makes it pretty boring to watch. I’ve seen this said by others many times before, but the anime could have been amazing if it got the same treatment and March Comes in Like a Lion did. What studio SHAFT did to elevate the manga was soso good. But with Blue Period, it feels so stale and uninspired, zero passion out into it. Which is ironic since it’s a story about creating art. This manga had been done do dirty with this mediocre adaptation. And because of its release schedule with Netflix airing these episodes a week after the JP release, it’s getting totally forgotten about The only positive I can say is that the VA for Yotasuke is doing a good job. He comes off as a huge jerk, but I can relate to him a little, as someone who applied to and went to art college. It can be easy to become cynical sometimes |
| I get what Yotasuke meant about exam art, I know my friends who are into art absolutely despised the art they taught at school. Though there really was not any reason for him to be so rude to Yaguchi. Though I'm glad Yaguchi's friends from the first episode got more screentime, I was scared they were just gonna be forgotten side characters. Also I like Kuwana, I hope we learn more about this curse next episode. |
davidyodo24 said: Damn as Anime only that crying painting scene was beautiful... Are Manga Reader Satisfying as well? Yup. I've had my criticisms of the show so far but I really, REALLY liked this scene. From the visuals to the voice acting it's super well done! |
Yes...I ate 5 slices of pizza...those mozzarella sticks were good too...Yes, I'm lactose intolerant, what about it?? |
| bro needs to take a chill pill... that obnoxious dog yotasuke needs one too that bg "music" doe . . . anyways art doesn't have to be heavily calculated or calculated at all. study composition, analyze other people's work, develop your taste, and you won't need to think hard, you will just naturally place everything the right way also in my country doing "exam art" is the only thing that gets you enrolled anywhere. which is fine, i don't see how it's tragic... |
| see you, space cowperson . . . |
| I'm interested in this series but I don't understand art so I have no clue about what these people are talking about, I can't even tell if the paintings by the characters are good or not. |
| i think this might be the best series when it comes to art! like before, when it comes to art ranking is just a number, and sensei is correct: trial and error...trial and error... oh man we have almost no screen time of Yuka! 4/5. |
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| Again, a pretty good episode, but it definitely feels like it's lacking something. I've only read 14 chapters so far, and that "I'll kill them with my art" scene is one of my favorites. I feel it could have been better if they dragged the scene out a little longer, cause it felt too fast, but it was still pretty good. Also, they skipped a Kuwana scene that gives hints of her personal problems. I love Ooba-sensei though, she's great, also Yatora's delinquent friends. |
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| Good show so far, it's nice to learn a thing or two about art while also enjoying the story. |
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| Really liking this, gets more compelling every week. It's great to see Yaguchi slowly unravel what it means to make his own art, his own creation. |
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| The lack of "punch" in the adaptation is pretty evident in this episode. Usually I was still thoroughly enjoying the show even though I can see how lacking the adaptation is, but I'm pretty disappointed with how the anime handle the Yatora-Yotasuke conflict Yatora's determination's scenes this time. |
| I really liked this episode and the Yotasuke-Yatora relationship. (I kinda ship them but that's my fujoshi mindset huh) I loved this intense scene so much :  maybe I'm too sensible but I felt the intensity and passion there just like the manga pannel @SideCharacterKal showed us before. |
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| Pretty interesting take on how they approach the characters' take on "exam art". I know Yaguchi is making a damn effort to show that he wants in to TUA, even though the others don't feel the same way. Yotasuke might be fussing right now, but I think he has some good reasons why he's mad. |
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| Yaguchi has some nice friends :) I love the animation, even if they cut expenses by being less detailed when characters are talking and whatnot, it's still beautiful to look at, for both paintings and the art making. Plus I feel like crying during almost every episode for some reason lol probably because I get emotional when it comes to art. This series is making me want to read the manga, but I'm liking what we're getting so far. I agree with everyone here who says it seems like it's lacking something, and I hope the manga has it. |
OgaZoSoNov 6, 2021 7:50 PM
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